Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080249063 | Composition for promoting the maintenance and function of muscle-specific progenitor cells - The biological function of skeletal muscle precursor cells in the repair and growth of skeletal muscle in response to exercise is promoted by providing a supplemental composition comprising at least creatine and fucoidin to reinforce biochemical pathways involved in the maintenance of skeletal muscle satellite cells and other myogenic precursors. The composition and method of the present invention induce muscle hypertrophy via satellite cells fusion to muscle fibres and induce a substantially simultaneous replenishment of myogenic precursor cells in response to exercise in a mammal. | 10-09-2008 |
20080279837 | Composition for maintaining androgen and androgen-like uptake potential by cells - A composition comprising at least a therapeutically effective amount of L-carnitine fumarate, and an extract of | 11-13-2008 |
20080279966 | Branched-chain amino acid composition for improving skeletal muscle protein metabolism - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for improving skeletal muscle protein metabolism through encouraging skeletal muscle protein synthesis, reducing skeletal muscle protein degradation, and attenuating inflammatory signaling in exercising muscle. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279967 | Composition and method for increasing the metabolism of free fatty acids and facilitating a favorable blood lipid - A dietary supplement comprising at least an effective amount of | 11-13-2008 |
20080279968 | Composition and method for inducing lipolysis and increasing the metabolism of free fatty acids - A nutritional supplement comprising at least a therapeutically effective amount of green tea extract and a therapeutically effective amount of γ-butyrobetaine is provided by the present invention. The ingredients of the present nutritional supplement act substantially simultaneously to induce lipolysis, resulting in free fatty acid release, and increase the catabolism of free fatty acids via the phosphorylation of perilipins. In an additional aspect of the present invention γ-butyrobetaine ethyl ester is added to the nutritional supplement to provide further synergistic or additional benefits. Both a composition and a method are provided by the present disclosure. | 11-13-2008 |
20080300309 | Creatine Hydroxycitric Acids Salts and Methods for their Production and use in Individuals - Methods of production for Tricreatine Hydroxycitrate are disclosed. Tricreatine hydroxycitrate can be used as supplemental dietary ingredient for the purposes of reducing adiposity, suppression of appetite, improvement of muscle and exercise performance and recovery. The salts are useful in the dietetic, food supplement and food industries. | 12-04-2008 |
20090069422 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR INCREASING THE ANABOLIC STATE OF MUSCLE CELLS - A nutritional supplement comprising at least a therapeutically effective amount of ethyl pyruvate and a therapeutically effective amount of at least one α-hydroxy branched-chain amino acid metabolite is provided by the present invention. The ingredients of the present nutritional supplement substantially simultaneously act to induce a anabolically-favorable state for muscle by substantially simultaneously maintaining blood and muscle physiological pH levels as well as increasing cellular concentrations of branched-chain amino acids. Both a composition and a method are provided by the present disclosure. | 03-12-2009 |
20090093502 | ENERGY STATUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY ENHANCED USAGE OF AN ENDOGENOUS FUEL SOURCE - The present invention relates to a method of improving the energy status of an individual by enhancing the usage of lactate. Improved lactate usage is accomplished through a composition comprising lactate precursors, adrenergic receptor agonists and insulinotropic agents. | 04-09-2009 |
20090156634 | Tropane alkaloids and trigonelline combinations and methods for administering the same - A nutritional composition comprising at least an effective amount of trigonelline or derivative of trigonelline and an effective amount of tropane alkaloids, wherein the ingredients act substantially simultaneously improve the consistency of muscular contractions with respect to applied force and relaxation cycles over time and reduce the onset of central fatigue. A method of same is also provided. | 06-18-2009 |
20090156647 | Method for maintaining physiological pH levels during intensive physical exercise - A nutritional supplement comprising at least a therapeutically effective amount of pyridoxine α-hydroxyisocaproate is provided by the present invention. The ingredients of the present nutritional supplement act substantially simultaneously to maintain physiological blood and muscular pH and increase the time to muscular fatigue in a mammal during periods of repetitive forceful muscular exercise. A method of use is provided by the present disclosure. | 06-18-2009 |
20090156648 | Preparations containing pyridoxine and alpha-hydroxyisocaproic acid (HICA) - The present invention relates to stable salts of pyridoxine and α-hydroxyisocaproic acid (HICA) endowed with enhanced nutritional and/or therapeutical efficacy in respect to their individual effects and to solid compositions containing such salts, particularly suited to oral administration. A method of preparation is also provided. | 06-18-2009 |
20090156676 | Organic salts of beta-alanine - The present invention relates to stable salts of β-alanine and an organic acid endowed with enhanced nutritional and/or therapeutical efficacy in respect to their individual effects and to solid compositions containing such salts, particularly suited to oral administration. A method of preparation is also provided. | 06-18-2009 |
20090162458 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING THE EXPRESSION OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS - A nutritional composition comprising at least an effective amount of geranylgeranylacetone or derivative of geranygeranylacetone and/or paeoniflorin or derivative of paeoniflorin and an effective amount of Schisandrin B, wherein the ingredients act substantially simultaneously, via differing mechanism, to enhance the expression of heat shock protein in cells, particularly heat shock protein 72 in skeletal muscle. A method of same is also provided. | 06-25-2009 |
20090163573 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING PROTEIN ACCRETION IN SKELETAL MUSCLE - A nutritional composition comprising at least an effective amount of geranylgeranylacetone or derivative of geranygeranylacetone and an effective amount of glutamine or derivative of glutamine, wherein the ingredients act substantially simultaneously to increase protein synthesis and inhibit protein degradation in skeletal muscle, via enhanced expression of heat shock proteins in cells, particularly heat shock protein 72. A method of same is also provided. | 06-25-2009 |